Penn Jillette shares the tricks that have stumped him

Penn Jillette of the magic duo Penn and Teller joins PIX11 to talk about his series “Penn and Teller: Fool Us,” the magic tricks that have stumped a pro like him, and the live show “Stalker.”

[@droidx1191]

A quote by Penn that I like: "The only secret of magic is that I'm willing to work harder on it than you think it's worth."

[@alexrompen805]

My favorite part of Fool Us, is that they let the magicians post the full clips of their performance on their own social media channels, thats absolutely awesome a show will let people self promote like that and full credit to Penn and Teller for letting them.

[@Mike__B]

Well as Penn once said the purpose of the show is not to see if they can get fooled, it's to showcase good magicians. Letting them post their clips without having them behind a paywall does exactly that.

[@mjsmcd]

No reacts anymore on ytube

[@Sabu8000]

Unbelievable that this show has been running for 12 years now. Awesome stuff!

[@GARL0CK]

I love the positivity and genunine appreciation that flows out of P&T. It's great to see him on stage encouraging new and lifelong comedians and it's great here to see him display the same attitude toward magic and life in general. What fantastic standards of the craft and, indeed, of humanity.

[@williamclayton2323]

I love Penn and Teller. Been a fan for decades. Penn is looking very fit these days... That's awesome!

[@adrianmcgachie]

One of my most favourite shows, I love the tenderness Penn & Teller extend to all the magicians.

[@davidtydeman1434]

Even if you know how the trick is done you can still appreciate the skill like watching a talented musician perform

[@PDeRop]

Some tricks become even better, once you know how they're done. Kostya Kimlat's first fooler was mindblowing.

[@paul16451]

Penn and Teller are as great people as they are magicians. They always know the real work that has to go into presenting even what looks to be even a simple trick cleanly.

[@richardelliott8352]

I was called onstage to assist with a trick, and remain impressed to this day by the skill exhibited by teller. I knew the trick from going to the public library , so knew exactly where to look , and they saw me looking, but the hand is quicker than the eye. The guy did a complex double move that was flawless, completely invisible, undoubtedly the result of much practice.

[@AnthonyMiyazaki]

I took my family to see Penn and Teller in Vegas a few years back. They're incredible and after the show, they were extremely amiable, posed for pics with us, etc.

[@sarcasticscapegoat5995]

Hoping the title wasn't bait but boo it was

[@dontknow3949]

@@pepwaverley2185 What? He doesn't have to share any specific secrets, we just wanted to know what tricks have stumped him in general. Like the title says.

[@robbnj]

@@dontknow3949 And not a single trick was mentioned. Only the name of a duo that tricked them.

[@sarcasticscapegoat5995]

@@dontknow3949 Exactly - Nobody expected Penn to tip any methods just name the tricks that stumped them good.

[@blindleader42]

I agree. "Penn Jillette on getting fooled" would have been accurate, just as goon IMO, and might not have been clicked on by the three most brainless KZbin addicts.

[@darrenhadden1037]

Fool us is a great show❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉

[@AC3handle]

Before Penn and Teller, Magic(illusion) was either high end Vegas stuff like Copperfield or Sigfried and Roy, or it was low end, 'the great PRESTO!' types. Then these two came on in the 80s, and they were young, edgy, and started bringing 'street magic' to the tv. Now they're at an age where they can help boost up new magicians and give them a stage to ply their trade, get exposure, and show off what they're capable of.

[@jayeff2]

I used to run a tiny 60 seat theatre. Many moons ago, a magician performed his first show on my stage. 7 years later, Vitaly Beckman fooled Penn and Teller with a routine I first saw in this littler room.

[@ichselbst6609]

I still love the show after all these years. It‘s such an entertaining format and Penn and Teller still seem to genuinely enjoy it. It somehow doesn’t get old. Greetings from Germany.

[@dampersand]

What a great interview! Those were exactly the sort of questions I wanted to hear as a fan of Penn & Teller and Fool Us.

[@LaurenceQuint]

I just discovered this show through a few KZbin clips that popped up in my feed. I'd heard of it, but never bothered watching it. Penn & Teller deserve so much credit. It's a delight to watch. Even when they aren't fooled, they're so damn positive and supportive and, as Penn said, kind that it just leaves you with a great feeling. So lovely that they're so encouraging of these burgeoning talents.

[@DaveChimny]

Search for the appearance of Shawn Farquhar in season 1. You'll be blown away! ;-)

[@LaurenceQuint]

@@DaveChimny That was great, thanks!

[@DavidMagicalNangle]

Legendary Penn. A lot of judges on talent shows can't judge the true meaning of magic because they don't perform it which is why fool is is so much better to watch because those two know their magic.

[@MiguelGarcia-yi1zr]

The hosts were amazing! Watching as a magician, I thought they were amazing questions and loved the way the conversation flowed. So so good!

[@marcellennartz8762]

Penn is such a humble man who loves what he is doing and has a passion to inspire others. Absolutely no ego whatsoever.

[@sillywilly7466]

Clickbaity untrue misleading title ? No thumb up from me that you would otherwise get.

[@justayoutuber1906]

Penn seems like a good dude. Definitely works hard to make audiences happy.

[@vincentjohnflorio]

Like most anyone who goes to one of their shows, I got to meet him in person and I told him that I adored Fool Us because I thought, going into it, that them explaining everything with their guesses would make tricks less magical to watch, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that it made it more magical; after even just a season of episodes you've seen so much of the same basic moves that you get a kind of comfort like you know the basics/mechanics of most types of tricks, so that means if you know a little bit and people can still fool you, they must have done a good job!

[@JayMoreau]

Penn has become a lot more gracious as he has matured. Good dude

[@SzTz100]

Penn is such a professional.

[@NicBam]

It’s a great way to give other magicians higher levels of careers that they might not have had through the fame of Penn and Teller’s career.

[@pedrocortez3485]

Penn said it best , he got to be with her🥰

[@ShakeNBake8869]

a legend! don't forget to watch Penn and Teller fool us. magic's cool

[@RealmadeidTactics]

Legend penn

[@anarchclown]

Stalker is pretty great. Saw it here back in Sweden a while ago.

[@bb.cute.channel]

Penn is great!!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@FusionDeveloper]

Great show

[@thegodofpez]

He’s such a great interviewee.

[@rchydrozz751]

Its just tricks. The ones that think they can levitate get me. Gravity gets them every time.

[@kevinb7810]

Love every minute!!! I know a guy ….. looks just like Penn. 😅

[@Glen-qh5xq]

My former boss looks exactly like him too.

[@drakonyanazkar]

Just taking a moment to appreciate that wonderful pair of striped toucan socks. I love them.

[@JablesMullet]

Please change the title to "Six minutes and 27 seconds of Penn Jillette not actually sharing the tricks that have stumped him."

[@mitchweiner]

I’m glad Penn finally quit dyeing his hair and cut it! He looks great!

[@breakthechains5140]

Is it just me or did I miss all the tricks that stumped him?

[@raresaturn]

Penn looking really well

[@xxxxRouvenxxxx]

My idol ♥

[@tolkienfan1972]

Love Penn

[@MikeNevill3]

Good host

[@Generalbas1972]

And still they haven't had Jason Ladanye on the show

[@kenscarpa2318]

Damn penn looks handsome as fuck with the grey.

[@prizegotti]

I've started to notice in recent years, Teller doesn't join Penn when doing interviews anymore. I guess he decided there was no point him going to these interviews to only sit there and say nothing.

[@johnrobbins917]

Wanna be fooled? Watch the interview at .75x speed and you will think Penn is on drugs!

[@louisbuzzi869]

Brooke Burke IS wonderful.

[@oldmoviesinbwwithsubtitles3501]

Penn looks good with grey hair

[@user-qc2ky3uy9q]

Cool

[@smgri]

I wish he could make those socks disappear

[@user-ej9bt6vb9h]

Fool Us is the best

[@JR_Hughson]

it should be called "fool teller"

[@fifiwoof1969]

6:20 laryngitis

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[@YehoshuaD]

the banter at the end made me want to disappear, can Penn help me out with that?

[@SlyNine]

I'm glad to see less people like me in magic. So dumb. Nothing was stopping people from learning magic. Likely still the same ratio but now they don't select the boys.

[@marcd1981]

No he didn't

[@pontificusvascillious5287]

so he's not going to DO any tricks? c'mon ... 🥴

[@rolandpaicely6573]

Ugh, you had to bring up race.

[@LQFamily]

So?

[@tapmaan6150]

@@LQFamilyTalking about things brings change. But I guess you want everything to stay the same 😢😢 it’s not about race it’s about innovation!

[@BPond7]

He grew up in a majority white country, and he’s lamenting that most magicians he meets are white. Shocker!

[@michaeleasler5249]

As a magician, I have to wonder why I should care if I can fool Penn and Teller; I think it is only important that I fool a lay audience. Of course it's more difficult to deceive other magicians - regardless of whether they are Penn and Teller. By emphasizing the "fooling" aspect of a performance, they diminish its magical aspects and reduce it to a puzzle. The show has been great for THEM, of course, but I consider them just slightly better than the masked magician; They are exposers!

[@moneyblackblood]

What magical aspects? Aren't all these tricks products of mundane skills? Why does lying about it make it better?

[@Clownmeati8]

Penn and Teller are icons I love and respect despite our possible political differences, but if you think every "fooler" actually fooled them i dissagree.. Ive seen at least four that were ridicously easy to figure out. They both have incredible bills to pay and the show is their BUSINESS that provides the income that keeps that happening. EVERY appearance and interview is projected through that lens.. Bassically every time they're on camera for public consumtion it's an ad promoting what they sell... Love them, but just remember, you dont know them and public consumption stuff is really about as trustworthy as an ad for a product... I say this with all due respect..

[@oliverhughes610]

Sometimes what you might think is easy isn't as easy as you thought, if you know magic.

[@Hotmedal]

I don't completely disagree, after all showbiz is showbiz. However, when tricks seem easy there may be a couple of different ways to do them and it's likely P&T guess one way and they are wrong. For example you do a trick and make it seem like you did it the hard way but actually did it the easy way, they guess you did it the hard way, you win.

[@Clownmeati8]

@@oliverhughes610 I agree with you completely, if there's anything about magic its that nothing is what it seems and in the best way possible. I love magic always have always will. What I said came across way more trolling and aggressive than I meant, still mean it, but not dissing them for being businessmen.. I'm 55 and they have been a beloved staple of magic and magical entertainment as far back as I can remember it seems so I truly meant also when I said with all due respect,, more than I can express.. I'm just hating seeing authenticity die in the name of brand maintenance.. I was in the entertainment business for 30 years and I understand the facade we keep up.. Any one of us can tell horror stories about the industry not necessarily the entertainers themselves though there are plenty of those also.. I was a musician and what happened there is a travesty, we were all hurt and it is what it is today.. Doesn't matter if its magic or music, acting or modeling, sports figure or youtuber, its everywhere now.. Just something I'm going through right now.. Nothing personal towards Mr Gillette, as far as celebrities go he's pretty honest.. BUT.. If you or I were his personal friend we would know things about his obligations that he maintains while holding his nose so to speak.. As far as thinking I figured it out but didn't, that could be true but I went down the rabbit hole for a few years and learned an admittedly very little about the greats and those who modified and utilized and I know that I know...and if I know Penn and Teller knew.. Whatever though, wasn't about them, its what's happening in general.. Like I said just something I'm going through.. Anyways, just wanted to take a minute to agree with you and let you know where I'm coming from might have came out wrong.. Cheers

[@Clownmeati8]

@@Hotmedal Yep, right with you on that. No harm in making a living doing what you love, especially when you innovate and make it your own AND manage to pull it off. Love the show and the spirit of keeping the art alive and all that goes with it. Not criticizing the artist because I know how he did it, and not criticising Mr. Jillette, just an observation..

[@George_vv]

They have specific rules that are upheld by a judge that both knows how the trick is done and what Penn and Teller are saying to each other when they're figuring it out. They don't just give trophies away. Also the best way to fool them is with misdirection that leads them in the opposite direction of the sometimes very obvious answer when seen on camera. That's why a lot of "obvious" acts fool them. They still work very hard to audition and to make it to Las Vegas where they only get one chance to perform. Sometimes they mess up, sometimes they get extremely lucky to where P&T don't notice.

[@ramonhamm3885]

I love P&T FU, so entertaining. I like to decipher Penn's comments as to how they think the tricks are done. Irehman7 helps a lot in filling in the rest. 😁